SG 29, 29a 1888 Queen Victoria ½d. on 3d. Broken ‘f’ in ‘Half’ (R5/11). Mint. With Cert.

British Bechuanaland 1888 Queen Victoria ½d. 0n 3d. pale reddish lilac and black.  Surcharged with SG Type 8 by P. Townshend & Co., Vryburg.  South East corner pair. Variety, ‘Broken “f” in “Half'”(R5/11)’.   Superb mint condition.  Royal Philatelic Society Certificate No. 162,400 (1994).  EX. LT. COL. SIR JOHN INGLEFIELD-WATSON.  ONLY FIVE EXAMPLES OF THIS ERROR EXIST ONE OF WHICH IS IN THE ROYAL COLLECTION.  AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE EXHIBITION PIECE AS ONE OF BRITISH AFRICA’S MOST IMPORTANT RARITIES.  OUTSTANDING.